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Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1872-1893

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael. The marjority of the notebook relates to material collected in Earra Ghàidheal/Argyllshire but there are a number of loose leaves at the end which contain an account of a journey from Uibhist/Uist through An t-Eilean Sgitheanach/Isle of Skye, during which time his wife, Mary is in Edinburgh and is pregnant. There are eight blank folios at the end of the notebook. Much of the material in this notebook was collected from Duncan...

Dates: c1872-1893

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael, c1868 to 16 June 1876

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW150

Scope and Contents Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing primarily songs and stories collected in Miùghlaigh/Mingulay, Barraigh/Barra, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist and Eilean Leòdhais/Isle of Lewis. The main informants are Roderick MacNeil or Ruairidh an Rùma from Mingulay and Penelope MacLellan of Ormacleit/Ormaclete. The bulk of the material from MacNeil relates to the southernmost islands of the Hebrides and covers topics such as bird-fowling, the island way of life, place-names,...

Dates: c1868 to 16 June 1876

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael, 1874, 1877 and 1891

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW108

Scope and Contents Notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael containing songs, poems, tales, names, vocabulary and expressions collected in the Outer Hebrides [Na h-Eileanan an Iar]. The first part of the volume contains transcriptions taken as Carmichael listened to informants in 1877 while the second part appears to be copies of previous transcriptions of material collected by Carmichael and Rev Malcolm MacPhail in 1874 and written into the notebook in 1891. Amongst the material is a version of the lament...

Dates: 1874, 1877 and 1891

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Subject: Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 2; Birds 2; Cattle 2; Church Buildings 2; Fairies 2; Family History 2; Fishing 2; Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 2; Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 2; Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 2; Malaclete North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2; North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2; Placenames 2; Plants 2; Prophecy 2; Protection 2; Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2; Voyages and Travel 2; Airds Argyllshire Scotland 1; An Cnoc Stornoway (parish) Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1; Archaeology 1; Argyllshire Scotland 1; Balindore Argyllshire Scotland 1; Berneray Barra (parish) Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Bragar Isle of Lewis Ross and Cromarty Scotland 1; Cairinis North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Cemeteries 1; Charms 1; Creagorry Benbecula Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Customs 1; Death 1; Drowning 1; Duntanachan Ardchattan and Muckairn (parish) Argyllshire Scotland 1; Edinburgh -- Scotland 1; Etymology 1; Family 1; Fish 1; Food 1; Funeral Rites and Ceremonies 1; Garryhellie South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Gearraidh Iain North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Genealogy 1; Geography 1; Gleann Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Hogmanay 1; Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Isle of Harris Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Justice 1; Kentangaval Isle of Barra Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Kilpheder South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Laments 1; Landowners 1; Lionacuidhe South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Lismore Argyllshire Scotland 1; Loch Awe Argyllshire Scotland 1; Loch Etive Argyllshire Scotland 1; Lochnell House Argyllshire Scotland 1; Lochs 1; Love 1; Lullabies 1; Marriage 1; Mermaids 1; Mingulay Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Morvern Argyllshire Scotland 1; Muckairn Argyllshire Scotland 1; Murder 1; Names 1; Ormacleit South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Proverbs 1; Riddles 1; Saints 1; Seathain | mac Rìgh Èirinn 1; Skeabost Isle of Skye Inverness-shire Scotland 1; South Uist Howmore Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Stilligarry South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Stone crosses 1; Tobha Beag South Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 1; Warriors 1; Water-horses 1; Waulking songs 1; Wells 1
Names: Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) 2; MacDonald (of Clanranald) 2; MacDonald, Marshal of France | Duke of Tarentum, 1765-1840 2; Baleloch SSPCK School (-1801) 1; Boyd, Mary, c1844-1915 1; Campbell (of Argyll) 1; Campbell, Anthony, 1825-1904 (fisherman and crofter | Kentangaval | Barra) 1; Catholic Church. Roman Catholic Church (c100-) 1; Chrosda, Colla ([Guala] | seer | Bonawe | Argyllshire) 1; Ferguson, Mary, c1825-1909 (domestic servant | Cladach a' Bhaile Shear | North Uist) 1; Livingston (Appin) 1; Livingstone, Baron of Bachuil (Lismore) 1; Livingstone, Donald, fl1746 ('Donald Molach' | Appin | Argyllshire) 1; MacAulay (Isle of Lewis) 1; MacAulay, Angus, c1788-fl1870 (An Cnoc | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland) 1; MacCodrum, Iain [John], c1693-1777 (Iain mac Fhearchair | Scottish Gaelic poet) 1; MacDonald (Milton | South Uist) 1; MacDonald (of Sleat) 1; MacDonald, Archibald, c1750-c1815 (Gille na Ciotaig | bard and satirist | Uist) 1; MacDonald, Donald, -c1650 1; MacDonald, Donald, fl1546 1; MacDonald, John [Iain Lom], c.1624-c. 1710 (Iain Lom) 1; MacDonald, Margaret, fl1870 (Malacleit | North Uist | Inverness-shire) 1; MacEachen (Howbeg | South Uist) 1; MacInnes, Christina or Chirsty, c1807-1894 1; MacInnes, John, c1801-1894 1; MacIntosh, Margaret, c1828-1883 1; MacIntyre, Donald, c1797-c1890 1; MacLellan, Duncan, c1816-1893 1; MacLellan, Penelope, 1796-1873 1; MacLeod (of Lewis) 1; MacLeod, John, c1808-1887 (crofter) 1; MacMhuirich (hereditary bards of Clanranald) 1; MacMillan, Mary, c1825-1883 (domestic servant | Lionacuidhe | South Uist) 1; MacNeil (of Barra) 1; MacNeil, Marion, 1843-1927 1; MacNeil, Roderick, c1790-1875 1; MacNiven, Duncan, 1804-1895 (Donnachadh Phadruig | schoolmaster | Airds | Taynuilt | Argyllshire) 1; MacPhail, Malcolm, Rev, 1837-1906 (minister | Kilmartin | Argyllshire) 1; MacPhee, Ann, 1847-1905 (or Ann MacKinnon | wife of Archibald MacKinnon, crofter | Carnan | South Uist) 1; MacPhee, Donald, c1816-1869 1; MacPherson, Mary, 1821-1898 1; MacPherson, Neil, 1781-1877 (crofter | Liniclate | Benbecula) 1; Morison, John, fl1630-1708 (tacksman | Bragar | Isle of Lewis) 1; Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment). Royal Regiment of Foot (1633?2006) 1; Stewart (of Appin) 1; Stewart, Mary, c1801-1877 1; Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 ('Bonnie Prince Charlie' | 'The Young Pretender') 1; Surname-Unknown (porter) 1; Wheeler and Wilson Manufacturing Company. Wheeler and Wilson Company (1852-1907) 1; Wylie, John, c1600 (Fife settler | Stornoway | Isle of Lewis | Ross and Cromarty | Scotland) 1